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Joan Munné

Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Duke University, 2122 Campus Dr., Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Nuevas rutas en la enseñanza del español L2: El impacto del español para fines específicos en el sistema educativo de EE. UU. · July 2025 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Panama City
Nuestra lengua, nuestras historias: Proyectos significativos en el aula de español como lengua de herencia · July 2025 Invited Talk The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Panama City
Words with Impact: Exploring L2 Vocabulary, Culture, and Politics through Food - The Languages of Sustainability Symposium · April 2025 Invited Talk
Nuestra historia, nuestra voz: Latinxs at Duke - 100 Years of Connections. Hisp@nos in Duke, Durham y más allá · October 2024 Invited Talk
Bridging Communities in the Heritage Language Classroom - Global Voices: Exploring Multilingualism in the 21st Century conference · April 2024 Invited Talk

Panel leader

Old ways, new ways: Redesigning the L2 writing curriculum - Symposium on Second Language Writing · October 2023 Invited Talk ASU,
Strategies to Design and Implement Oral Work in the L2 Classroom (and Beyond) · November 2022 Invited Talk Duke University,
I Don’t Know What I Think Until I Write it Down: Rethinking L2 Writing · November 2022 Invited Talk ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign. Languages),
Latinx in the US: Reclaiming history, voice, language, representation, and visibility - Mellon Sawyer series · April 2022 Invited Talk Identities Under Siege: The Effects of Essentialism, Otherizing, & Trauma on Linguistic and Cultural Identities, Part I,
Nuestra historia, nuestra voz: a bilingual exhibit about the history of Latinxs at Duke · April 2022 Invited Talk Duke’s Library Advisory Board Meeting ,
Our History, Our Voice: A Conversation on Latinx History at Duke - DUHLA reunion weekend · April 2022 Invited Talk
Los estudiantes de español como lengua de herencia y la comunidad latina en Duke y Durham - GANO’s monthly educational talk · March 2022 Invited Talk
Latinx en Duke: Una exposición para la historia · February 2022 Invited Talk Latin-19,
Mapas, itinerarios y rutas multimodales de aprendizaje de español L2 - Webinar · 2021 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Difusión,
A Community of Practice: Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Creativity in a Translation Course · 2021 Invited Talk Duke Romance Studies Colloquium,
Engaged Pedagogy: Fostering Students as Curators of Their Own Learning · November 2020 Broadcast Appearance American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Online
Making Meaning of Cultures: Perspectives and Practices through Projects · February 2020 Invited Talk Duke Language Symposium ,
The Use of Technology and L2 Learning · 2020 Invited Talk Duke University
Strategies to Design and Implement Oral Work in the L2 Classroom (and beyond). · 2020 Invited Talk Duke University
La enseñanza de cultura en el aula de L2: perspectivas y prácticas a través de proyectos. Together with Professors Merschel and Paredes. Webinar organized by AATSP · January 2020 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Webinar organized by AATSP,
El AIE de Proyectos y las nuevas herramientas para el instructor de español - Webinar · November 2019 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Difusión ,
The bilingual student experience in the HLL classroom and beyond. Together with Professor Paredes. - 27th Conference on Spanish in the US & 12th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages · April 2019 Invited Talk Cleveland State University ,
Propuestas didácticas para la enseñanza-aprendizaje por tareas en el aula de español como lengua extranjera · December 17, 2013 Lecture UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Beyond lists and negotiation of meaning: Understanding vocabulary in TBLT. 2013 TBLT Conference · December 17, 2013 Lecture Banff, Canada
Más allá de listas de palabras y negociación de significados: enseñanza y adquisición de vocabulario en el contexto del enfoque por tareas · October 8, 2013 Lecture UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Español para hablantes de herencia: comunidad de práctica, reflexión y escritura sobre identidad, Spanish in the US conference · March 1, 2013 Lecture Mc Allen, Texas
The Elephant in the Room: Machine Translation in the Duke Foreign Language Classroom · February 8, 2013 Lecture Duke University
The Elephant in the Room: Machine Translation in Language Learning · December 1, 2012 Lecture ACTFL, Philadelphia
Beyond Grading: Maximizing Student Ownership of Learning Through Task-based Teaching · December 1, 2012 Lecture Philadelphia (ACTFL)
Tasks and Projects in Foreign Language Learning and Instruction · April 14, 2012 Lecture Language Symposium 2012, University of Illinois at Chicago
What Do My Peers Know? Evaluating Peer Feedback on L2 Writing · October 14, 2011 Lecture FLANC, Winston-Salem, NC
En búsqueda de respuestas: prácticas actuales y desarrollos futuros en el entrenamiento del instructor de L2 en el contexto del trabajo por tareas · October 1, 2011 Lecture UNAM, Mexico DF
The process of writing in an era of machine translation and “cut and paste” · July 7, 2011 Lecture AATSP, Washington, DC
Task Based Assessment: a look at successful experiences at the elementary and intermediate level Spanish · July 14, 2010 Lecture Guadalajara, Mexico
“Moving forward in TBLA: A look at two successful experiences at the intermediate level Spanish” · September 16, 2009 Lecture Lancaster, UK
‘Best practices in Assessment in Spanish Service-Learning Courses at Duke University’ · February 11, 2009 Lecture Elon University, NC

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Bass Connections Team Leader - Story+ · 2022 - 2023 Projects & Field Work

Service to the Profession


Trinity College Foreign Language Committee · November 8, 2013 Event/Organization Administration Old Chem 116, Duke University
On the Ground Coordinator : DukeEngage · May 2008 - July 2008 Committee Service Ciudad de Dios, Peru